• Foot traffic provides a strong indication of future home sales.  SentriLock, LLC. provides NAR Research with monthly data on the number of showings.
• Year-over-year foot traffic levels grew steadily over the last 5 months in the area covered by the Jefferson City Area Board of REALTORS® (Missouri).
• Foot traffic rose 64% in February of this year relative to February of last year, but that gap eased back to 23% in April.
• Steady employment growth and record affordability have peaked interest in housing, but new, higher fees at the FHA and tight private lending remain headwinds for the market.